Review Honda Civic Type R 2014

Honda’s been teasing details on the new 2015 Type R for a couple of years now, and the pocket rocket won’t be in showrooms until summer 2015. So it’s understandable that the company’s under some pressure to reveal some concrete facts ahead of us seeing the actual production car.

the company claims the new Civic GTI will be ‘the most extreme and high-performing Type R yet [with] unmatched performance against all previous Type R models, including Civic, Integra, Accord and even NSX.’
Yes, Honda says the new Civic is faster than the 1989 NSX. Some claim.
Look to the 2.0-litre i-VTEC engine for the epic propulsion. It’s turbocharged - a Type R first - to produce ‘more than 280hp’, or a minimum of 276bhp in Imperial ponies. CAR understands it won’t quite broach the 300bhp barrier, so let’s forecast around 280/290bhp.